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Our guest today is ActiveCampaign’s President, Sameer Kazi.
Sameer is responsible for guiding the core operations and helping prepare the company for its next phase of growth. He is a deeply experienced software executive and operator with global P&L and public company experience helping growth stage & mature SaaS businesses scale revenue and operations.
Sameer is also co-founder and Managing Director of Operating Capital, an investment firm focused on helping operating teams at B2B SaaS companies win through capital, operating best practices, and leveraging our global talent and industry network.
Prior to ActiveCampaign, Sameer served as CEO and board member of Cheetah Digital, interim CEO and Executive Chairman at Simply Measured which was acquired by Sprout Social; as a board member at Emarsys which was acquired by SAP, and as EVP at Salesforce.com; and ExactTarget which was acquired by Salesforce in 2013 for $2.5B.
Sameer holds a bachelor’s degree in Mechanical Engineering from the University of Arizona and an MBA from Northwestern University.
In This Conversation We Discuss:
- How to pursue the right investors
- What knowledge Sameer took from his MBA into the business world
- How Sameer divided up the roles between the CEO and President
- How to know when you’re knowledgeable enough to start making decisions
Resources:
Connect with Sameer Kazi: LinkedIn
Active Campaign – https://activecampaign.com
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